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"Love Monkey" may well be the smartest and most innovative network comedy-drama in many a year.
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It all flows from the heart in a way few shows do, unfolding with the ease of being surrounded by people you've known forever already.
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Tremendously likable.
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A thoroughly enjoyable series, the kind that makes you smile throughout and occasionally burst out laughing.
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It's sexy, funny, hip and heartfelt.
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"Love Monkey" manages in one hour to be both funny and endearing, a more option-rich version of "Ed."
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This is a series with potential.
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There are times when the show feels both weightless and way too precious (that title), but those are counterbalanced by the charm and skill of the cast.
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I was initially concerned that this was going to become a male Grey’s Anatomy... but Love Monkey creator Michael Rauch... keeps facile wisdom to a bare minimum, and a certain urban energy level turned up.
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Familiar as it all sounds, series creator Michael Rauch plucks most of the right chords.
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Smarter and snappier than one might have expected from a familiar sitcom premise.
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It is so well-assembled and well-played that its contrivances and clichés play like something reasonably close to life.
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Unless you're a cold, cynical, seen-it-all kind of guy (or chick), odds are you'll find a lot to like about the first episode.
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"Love Monkey" is easy to dismiss yet hard to dislike.
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Love Monkey is an anomaly, an intelligent, well-written dramedy for adults about adults, even if some of the chords it hits are in a minor key.
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For all the amiability of the cast, few of their interactions feel natural. [27 Jan 2006, p.73]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 61 out of 77
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Mixed: 6 out of 77
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Negative: 10 out of 77
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DonFeb 20, 2008
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MelissaJan 17, 2007This is a very well-written show with lots of great cameos -- too bad it was canceled.
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BillJun 3, 2006Great show, i think it belonged more on Vh1 then CBS. But did it canceled there too? ...